FBI agents are not paid in hourly wages, they are paid through the federal government system GS ratings which provides agents an annual salary rating for years served.
The tariff of the United States, like all actual protective tariffs, is partly revenue and partly protective, its original purpose of yielding revenue having been subordinated to that of giving protection, until it may now be best described as a protective tariff yielding incidental revenue.
The tariff history of the United States spans from colonial times to present. The first tariff law passed by the U.S. Congress, acting under the then recently ratified Constitution, was the Tariff of 1789. Its purpose was to generate revenue for the federal government, and also to act as a protective barrier around domestic industries. An Import tax was collected by treasury agents before goods could be landed at U.S. ports. Tariffs have historically served a key role in the nation's foreign tra